THE FOLLOWING ILLUS TRATIONS COVER A FEW CONSPICUOUS EXAMPLES OF BUILDINGS BUILT OR BUILDING DURING THE PAST YEAR FOR WHICH THE STRUCTURAL STEEL WAS SUPPLIED BY THE AMERICAN BRIDGE COM PANY OF NEW YORK NEW YORK MARCH 1907 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK GENERAL OFFICES: HUDSON TERMINAL, 30 CHURCH ST. NEW YORK CITY CONTRACTING ATLANTA, GA BALTIMORE, MD. BOSTON, MASS. BUFFALO, N. Y. CHICAGO, ILL. CINCINNATI, OHIO CLEVELAND, OHIO DENVER, COLO. EAST BERLIN, CONN KANSAS CITY, MO. MILWAUKEE, WIS. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN OFFICES IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES: NEW ORLEANS, LA. NEW YORK, N. Y. PHILADELPHIA, PA. PITTSBURG, PA. PORTLAND, ME. RICHMOND, VA. ROCHESTER, N. Y. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SEATTLE, WASH. ST. LOUIS, MO. SYRACUSE, N. Y. The cover illustration , entitled THE SPAN,'' by F. Dana Marsh , is reproduced from a decoration in the Wool Club, New York. AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK WANAMAKER STORE, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 22,384,000 pounds Architects—D. H. Burnham & Co. AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK *■**-. i'- Si iimr »/rtn lilt' 'jseh MV,. ; : m«i ' * M'vi § iSEklNg ‘ ■ u. c S il * ’ K- t ft t IS rs ti « ^ ® 5?i iNlisll-ft:, rtfijs s K Til nfeftto l'gpES%S|E E& K Hji K-fe. I£ fLil i lm\ h lin s j^niUs. I'*-*'' TK"?;'' S S II If if l KiuK } "fi- l H [ H II UL a 4 ] 5S I.ffln in i's ii liSi'li'Jt > JL < 4 r * l jL ''i’T'f -**W A k-j, L TRINITY & REALTY BUILDINGS, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 22,000,000 pounds Architect General Contractors Francis H. Kimball Geo. A. Fuller Co. 4 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ;i M H G K (Cl ff (t! Ill frr uis‘!i &;;; !;;H tK w tcrii £ ( ¥ mi fs?M -:: fff «i ftf II 51 '5 f iff u.r cei ii« n J r ‘ ttf [t[ [Eiu in* in K t tru mi. .m Vcr if;! term ;;k W- CITY INVESTING CO., NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel. 26,350,000 pounds Architect General Contractors Francis H. Kimball V. J. Hedden Constr. Co. 5 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 16,200,000 pounds (Tower only) Architects General Contractors N. LeBrun & Sons V, J. Hedden Constr. Co. 6 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK i. i “ 1 •i I'M I iGUi m m ir«r »i«r tii.'ffi IS? 15? X v HUDSON CO.’S TERMINAL BUILDINGS, NEW YORK nuiUi’- ~~' 11 ll 1 U'i i i i * N *i, % ' n, •> sr r&* * * L ‘'.u •; -- ! 1 ir.-W-iri <;, - ‘ g V--. i;;- ’■; ! I; : G:i:: * t 4 ^ " * • * > ‘ ' J i zz **■ u “. •*•••. J “■ ^ . .*** “ G : ; .:•; fffj j; - .' " Iifli! !! sfe'-: i. ■ - *- “ :■ .. ^ ^ » « M t | . ^ A . ■' §t "n>iu - - ' -- * 1 * * >►»*»» «I r 'I"’ iijftHW ■i*j E*5K«” ^ Jl< I* II Weight of Structural Steel, 52,000,000 pounds Architects Clinton & Russell General Contractors Geo. A. Fuller Co. AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 8 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 9 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK IO Architects NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, NEW YORK General Contractors Carrere & Hastings Weight of Structural Steel, 9,000,000 pounds Norcross Brothers AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 12 Architects SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON Supt. of Construction Elliott Woods, and Carrere & Hastings Weight of Structural Steel, 5,545,000 pounds Bernard R. Green Architects HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON Supt. of Construction Elliott Woods, and^Carrere & Hastings Weight of Structural Steel, 5,545,000 pounds Bernard R. Green 1.1 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK H AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK B. & O. OFFICE BUILDING, BALTIMORE Weight of Structural Steel, 7,502,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Parker & Thomas, and Hale & Morse Wells Brothers "5 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ff tfv f r f r f Vr^ r r r zt r I r rc Efi t Jj rf ill [? If ||CC •*- { if[! it rstf c.r t.r f 11 iiii si-ns it on Williiii 4 g E G E iffifittM ' .:! tm i » ! _r f * HOTEL BELMONT, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 13.000,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Warren & Wetmore Marc Eidlitz & Sox 16 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK TEXTILE BUILDING, CINCINNATI W eight of Structural Steel, 6,260,000 pounds Architect— Gustav Drach AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK OTTO YOUNG BUILDING, CHICAGO Weight of Structural Steel, 6,400,000 pounds Architects D. H. Burnham & Co General Contractors Thompson-Starrett Co. AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK n Bl m TENNESSEE TRUST CO. BUILDING, MEMPHIS Weight of Structural Steel, 2,460,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Shaw & Pfkil Selden-Breck Constr. Co. 19 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK BOGGS & BUHL BUILDING, PITTSBURG Weight of Structural Steel, 3,900,000 pounds Architect General Contractors Charles Bickel James Wherry & Co. 20 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OE NEW YORK CANDLER BUILDING, ATLANTA Weight of Structural Steel, 4,963,000 pounds Architect— George E. Murphy 2 I AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK HOTEL KNICKERBOCKER, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 9,000,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Marvin & Davis, and Trowbridge & Livingston J. E. & A L. Pennock AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 6,876,000 pounds Architects—D. H. Burnham & Co. AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK G RUNE WALD HOTEL, NEW ORLEANS ^ eight of Structural Steel, 4,694,000 pounds Architects H. C. Koch & Son and Toledano & Wogan 24 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ft; ■■■ ;■ BERGER BUILDING, PITTSBURG Weight of Structural Steel 1,900,000 pounds Architect—S. S. Beman AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK CENTRAL BUILDING, LOS ANGELES Weight of Structural Steel, 3,444,000 pounds Architects —Parkinson & Bergstrom AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK MARSHALL FIELD & CO. BUILDING, CHICAGO Weight of Structural Steel, ii.6oo.ooo pounds (State Street Addition) Architects General Contractors D. H. Burnham & Co. Wells Brothers 2 7 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK MAY STERN CO. BUILDING, CINCINNATI Weight of Structural Steel, 1,392,000 pounds Architects— Elzner & Anderson 28 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK J. A. BAILLARGEON BUILDING, SEATTLE Weight of Structural Steel, 1,653,000 pounds Architects— Saunders & Lawton Gen’l Cont’r—J. A. Baillargeon ERASMUS HALL HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKLYN Weight of Structural Steel, 1,052,000 pounds Architect— C. B. J. Snyder Gen’l Cont’rs— Jno. B. Thatcher & Son 29 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO Weight of Structural Steel, 800,000 pounds Architects —Bliss & Faville Gen’l Cont’rs —Mahony Brothers NORTHERN TRUST BUILDING, CHICAGO Weight of Structural Steel, 2,854,000 pounds Architects —Frost & Granger Gen’l Cont’rs —Thompson-Starrett Co. AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK WEST SIDE BUILDING CO., ROCHESTER Weight of Structural Steel, 4,100,000 pounds Architects— Crandall & Strobel Gen’l Cont’rs—A. Fredericks & Son PITTSBURG GAGE & SUPPLY CO., PITTSBURG Weight of Structural Steel, 2,800,000 pounds Architects— W. G. Wilkins Co. Gen’l Cont'r— George Hogg 3 1 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK SYMES BUILDING, DENVER Weight of Structural Steel, 1,500,000 pounds Architects— Hunt &" Hunt Gen’l Cont’rs—A. R. Whitney, Jr., & Co. JEFFERSON HOTEL, RICHMOND Weight of Structural Steel, 2,000,000 pounds Architect—J.' Kevan Peebles Gen’l Cont’r— John T. Wilson 3 2 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK CREAM OF WHEAT BUILDING, MINNEAPOLIS Weight of Structural Steel, 940,000 pounds Architect—H. W. Jones Gen’l Cont’r—J. L. Robinson SIXTY-FIFTH REGIMENT ARMORY, BUFFALO Weight of Structural Steel, 3,400,000 pounds Architect— Geo. J. Metzger Gen’l Cont’rs— Mosier & Summers 3.3 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL. PHILADELPHIA Weight of Structural Steel, 3,285,000 pounds Architect John T. W.ndr.n ‘ Gen'! Cont'rs-jACOB Myers & Sons PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT CO. POWER HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA Weight of Structural Steel, 3,130,000 pounds Architect — R. C, Heath /« M n 0 _ Gen 1 Cont rs—T he Scofield Co. 34 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK BRUNSWICK BUILDING, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 6,800,000 pounds Architect— Francis H. Kimball Gen’l Cont’r—C. T. Wills NEW YORK CENTRAL POWER HOUSE, GLENWOOD, N. Y. Weight of Structural Steel, 6,000,000 pounds Architects—R eed & Stem Gen’l Cont’rs—B utler Bros. & Hoff Co. 35 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK SUN BUILDING, BALTIMORE Weight of Structural Steel, 1,340,000 pounds Architects —Baldwin & Pennington Gen’l Cont’rs —Edw. Brady & Sons ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR INSANE, OVERBROOK, N. J. Weight of Structural Steel, 3,825,000 pounds, (Building No. 3) Architects —Hurd & Sutton Gen’l Cont’r —Richard Heningham 36 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK Architects Hill & Stout TICHENOR-GRAND STABLE, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 1,700,000 pounds General Contractors Thompson-Starrett Co. 37 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK McCREERY BUILDING, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 6,000,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Thompson-Starrett Co. Thompson-Starrett Co.’ AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK WELLS FARGO CO. EXPRESS BUILDING, PORTLAND, ORE. Weight of Structural Steel, 2,400,000 pounds Architect— Bexj. Wistar Morris, Jr. 39 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK SCARRITT BUILDING, KANSAS CITY Weight of Structural Steel, 2,200,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Root & Siemens John M. Ewen Co. 40 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK General Contractors Thompson-Starrett Co Architect Ernest^Flagg PRODUCE EXCHANGE BANK, NEW Weight of Structural Steel, 800,000 pounds YORK 41 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK LIGGETT BUILDING, ST. LOUIS Weight of Structural Steel, 3,400,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Eames & Young Jas. Black Masonry & Contracting Co. 42 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK GORHAM BUILDING, NEW YORK Weight oi Structural Steel, 2,604,000 pounds Architects McKim, Mead & White General Contractor Charles T. Wills 43 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK KEYSER BUILDING, BALTIMORE Weight of Structural Steel, 1,640,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Wyatt & Nolling Broderick & Wind Engr. & Constr. Co. 44 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES EXPRESS CO. BUILDING, NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 12,718,000 pounds Architects General Contractors Clinton & Russell Thompson-Starrett Co. 45 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK Architect P. J. Weber FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO Weight of Structural Steel, 2,290,000 pounds General Contractors Thompson-Starrett Co. 46 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK B. ALTMAN & CO., NEW YORK Weight of Structural Steel, 16,000,000 poifnds Architects Trowbridge & Livingston General Contractors ,Marc Eidlitz & Son 47 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK BUILDING, CHICAGO Weight of Structural Steel, 18,600,000 pounds Architects D. H. Burnham & Co. General Contractors Landquist & Ilsley Co. 48 AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY OF NEW YORK I K * * t- O 2 o W < w H co < *-h _ o < ^ £ |